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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case

Published May 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:27

GoFundMe, which is the common phrase for crowdfunding sites, it's only one of several sites that do that kind of work. GoFundMe actually is a good actor in this matter. One of their competitors is helping to raise money for the defendant in the murder case of Deputy Henderson. And I am appealing to them today to take down this site and to refund the money to the donors. (01:27–01:32)

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“GoFundMe...have a policy that says we don't do crowdfunding for people who are accused of violent crime.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 01:19-03:30
“One of their competitors is helping to raise money for the defendant in the murder case of Deputy Henderson.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 01:31-01:42
“There were several attempts to start a GoFundMe page for the defendant in this case. And GoFundMe...took those pages down.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 03:38-03:55
“Crowdfunding is not available if you're a criminal defendant.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 14:59-15:03
“Under current Ohio law there are significant limits to what I can do.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 01:55-02:02
“The Son of Sam law...prevents the selling of the story for personal gain from the commission of a crime.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 04:04-04:24
“The General assembly of Ohio should undertake to pass a law that would regulate this kind of thing as being contrary to the public interest.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 04:57-05:08
“It would be...pretty easy to enact a law that made GoFundMe's policy, the policy of the state, that you may not do crowdfunding for someone…”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 05:08-05:27
“We have not looked into the identity verification that this particular site uses.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 09:50-10:00
“We sent a letter. Not yet. We just sent it.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 10:28-10:36
“These are internal terms of service. They get to choose whether they live by them.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 11:12-11:18
“I think it should be the policy of Ohio that crowdfunding platforms are not permitted to raise money on the backs of a notorious and…”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 12:07-12:19
“The city of Cincinnati and the county of Hamilton and the state of Ohio are going to provide an indigent defendant with the resources to do…”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 12:45-12:59
“The attorney general does not write and pass laws.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 14:48-14:52
“If you've been accused of killing a cop deliberately, which is what happened here, that's your first order of business.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 15:15-15:22
“The public has a right to want to intervene.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 15:25-15:29
“This is two separate cases. So the people are responding to the use of force critical incident involving Ryan Hinton.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 21:48-22:02
“His father used his motor vehicle as a deadly weapon and killed a man who had nothing to do with this while he was on duty as a law…”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 22:34-22:47
“The Son of Sam law, which we can provide you a copy of, and you'll see it is very specific about the nature of the contract that is…”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 24:58-25:08
“It's designed for TV rights, movie rights, books and that sort of thing.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 25:20-25:28
“The situation here is narrow enough that it doesn't fall within the sweep of that law, which was created before we even had crowdfunding.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 25:28-25:40
“You couldn't crowd fundraise for, to raise money to buy methamphetamine for everybody.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 26:16-26:28
“The state, the government may regulate speech if there is compelling governmental interest and that it is narrowly tailored.”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 26:52-27:04
“We have long regulated fundraising, charitable organizations and charitable fundraising, and it is perfectly within the bounds of the…”
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost Addresses Crowdfunding for Deputy Henderson's Murder Case | Uploaded May 20, 2025 | 27:22-27:35